Asus bundle G11 and monitors. Can't seem to figure out what to plug into.

[Fyrie]

I have been stuggling to get my Asus bundle up and running. The first problem is that I was sold a VGA monitor which is not compatible with the Geoforce graphics card. So now I am using an LCD TV with HDMI. But now the problem is there is only one HDMI port on the card. I thought this was supposed to be Oculus ready!

[Greenfire32]

I'm guessing the card has 3 display ports and 1 hdmi port? Can't know for sure without knowing what card you've got. Anyway, you'll need to keep that hdmi port open as that's what you'll plug the headset into. Use display port to "X" cables for your monitors where "X" is whatever port your monitors have. VGA, DVI, HDMI, whatever.

Example, I have 3 monitors each with 1 hdmi in and and DVI in. So I've got three display port to DVI cables for the monitors and an empty hdmi port on the card for my Rift when (or IF) it ever gets here.

[Creesball]

Yup, you need to get a VGA to display port adapter.
If you want to get it tonight, head on over to Walmart
http://www.walmart.com/ip/IOGEAR-DisplayPort-to-VGA-Adapter-Cable-Universal/28877564

[Creesball]

Wait a minute.... Are you sure there isnt a VGA port on the computer.  I thought those G11's had an integrated VGA port then a Nvidia GTX970 added.

[Creesball]

i got this screenshot from the Best Buy website for the Asus G11.
This could just be a generic picture but I'm sure it's pretty accurate 

[Fyrie]

That vga port doesn't seem to work with the geo card installed

[Creesball]

It is probably disabled in the BIOS.  Jump in and turn it back on.

[swtadeline]

No. Don't use the VGA port. It's for your integrated chipset. You want that disabled.
Your monitor must be pretty old school to be VGA only. Are you sure it doesn't even have a DVI port? Also doesn't a 970 have a DVI port also!?
So rediculas that Oculus recomends a 970 or higher, but went with HDMI instead of displayport.

[Creesball]

swtadeline said:

No. Don't use the VGA port. It's for your integrated chipset. You want that disabled.
Your monitor must be pretty old school to be VGA only. Are you sure it doesn't even have a DVI port?
So rediculas that Oculus recomends a 970 or higher, but went with HDMI instead of displayport.

Why not just turn it back on so he can get things up and running right now?  Having your integrated graphics and additional card on together wont cause any issues.  Now if you want to play games on that monitor, go get a cable or adapter that will fit your Nvidia card.

[Creesball]

Lets try this again..

Is this what you bought?
http://www.bestbuy.com/site/oculus-rift-virtual-reality-headset-asus-g11cd-b11-desktop-asus-19-5-led...

Look in the box again.  Check the Styrofoam.  A DVI cable is meant to come with it.

Monitor specs
Monitor features a 5 ms response time, 80,000,000:1 ASUS Smart Contrast Ratio, 250 cd/m² brightness, 1600 x 900 max. resolution, 170° horizontal/160° vertical viewing angles, tilt, two 1W (RMS) speakers, and DVI-D with HDCP and VGA inputs